Improvement in iqe-houses



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UNITnn STATES Parent OFFICE,

VILLIAM VELTE `AND JOHN FAGAN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

iM PROV EM'ENT iN telen-i euses..

Specitication forming part of Lgetters Patent No. ly, (lated March 29, 1870.

To all whom may concern.'

Be it knowuthat we, WILLIAM VELTE and JOHN FAGAN, both ol` the city of Pittsburg',

in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and uselnl [mprovement in Ice-Houses 5 and We do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of our invention consists in so constructing a house for freezing and packing ice that the boards which form the sides, roof, and one end of it maybe turned on pivots so as to form a seriesot' open spaces for the. admission of cold air for the purpose of freezing in it blocks of ice.

To enable others-skilled in the artte y and use our invention, we will proceed to de scribe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of our specification, Figure i, Sheet 1, is a top view of our improvement in houses for freezing-and packingice,representingtheloiver part or body when the rootl is removed.. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, represents a vertical section of our improvement in houses for freezing and packing ice. Fig. 3, Sheet 2, represents. the frames used for forming blocks ot' ice in the ice-house by freezing water in them. Fig. 4, Sheet 3, is a perspective view of our improvement in houses for freezing and packing ice.l Fig. bis a side view of one end of the pivoted boards of .the roof. Fig. G is a transverse section ot' same when cut through at line y of Fig. 5.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the frame for the body ot the house. of this frame is provided with doors B.

In theframeA are pivoted boards e, the 'orm of which is clearly Ishown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4. The boards are connected to a strip, x, by means of links o, so that by moving the strips w all the boards e of each series may lbe turned' on their pivots. The boards are provided with a recess, i, which laps ou the edge lot" the board next to it, as clearly shown on the side of Fig. l marked'B.4

The roof the houseisformedof frame C and pivoted boards e', which are connected tothe strips a" by means ot links o. In one ofthe gable ends of the roof should beniade a small at the side marked A.

@ne end door, as'indicated bythe dotted lines y. The

ridge of the root' may be pivoted by a second root', as indicated by the dotted linesaand the rain 'may be carried otf from the sides oi' the house by securing boards to the frame C Y bolts n, as shown in Fig. Soi' Sheet i.

AS. the construction and-arrangemen ts ofthe 'several parts which form A our improvement in ice..hou ses Wili be readily understood from the foregoing description and 'by reference to the vaccom pan ying drawings, We will therefore proceed .to describe the operation of' fillingitwith lee. i v

I@he desired 'number o frames, such as rep# resented in Fig. 3 of She-et 2, is arranged ou the door, as shown in Fig. l, Sheet l. The boards e of the body of the building are thenturned on their pivots so astoleave open space between them, as indicated in Fig. 1, Sheet 1,

the frames, jarred so as to free them fromthe blocks ofice, are then hymeans ot'suitable hoisting-gear attached to the staples 2 raised up, so as to bring the lower edge et' it nearlynp to the top of the blocks ot' ice. rEhe screw-bolts are then tightened up and the frame is again lled with Water, which is left in ti'e frame until it has become frozen by the action of the lcold atmosphere, and thus one block of ice is built upon the top oi' another until the house is iiled.

In forming the blocks ot' ice in the frame-s .Weparrange the frames in the desired position on the door ot' the house, and then with a sprinkling-can or other device sprinkle Water along and on the several joints of the frames and let it freeze, thereby making them uatertight. A t-hiu sheetI ot" Water is placed in theframes and left standing until it hasbecome congealed, then another thin sheet ot' Water is congealed on top of the first, and thus one layer of ice after the other isiormed until the frames are lled, which are then raised up in the man The boards c of the The frames.

2 d somma ner described, and the joints again closed by the sprink'lingand freezingprocssanda second block-0f' ice formed upon the first, andl thus one block is formed .upon another until the house is filled. i

The boards@ of thc body and the boards e 4 of the rooffarezclosedwith the recess over-` lapping .the edge l of the board forward of it, i then the spaces between the blocks of ice and between the blocks of ice and the board'sc orY -walls of the housel are filled with sawdust or other-suitable material for packing. The packing placed between the walls or boa'rdse'and the ice Awill hold the boards in a fixed and closed position. Having properly packed the ice-in the body of the house, `the upper surface ct' 'theiee-is then covered 'with sawdust, stra-w, or other suitable material. v The boards e ofthe roof are then closed and secured by a brace placed againstv one end of bars Xl, which will, thereby hold them in a xed position.

. WILLIAM VELTE.

JOHN FAGAN.

Witnesses :j

GEO. H; THOMAS, JAMES J'. JoHNs'roN. 

